Episode 7: Peter

PeterAge: 20’sLocation: New JerseyAddicted to: Video GamesWhat’s memorable: The insane amount of time he spends playing, and his poor little brother that just wants to hang out with him.

Official synopsis: Peter is so addicted to video games that he identifies himself as the characters in the games he plays and refers to other characters as people he hangs out with.Original Air Date: May 2005

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24 Responses to “Episode 7: Peter”

Oh no o_o you guys do video games too? I call off work for mine play probably more then him. I will need to say no to any “documentary’s on addictions” I am not a adult I am a lady-child! Hope he got better though. Or at least better at time management 🙂

Addiction is a serious thing, video game!!! Unless you neglect your toddler and they nearly die of malnutrition, i don’t count that as a life threatening addiction. I’m wayyyy more addicted to games than this guy and you know what i made my career out of it! Good money too, no prostitution or disgraceful act have to be performed to get there.

The only good thing is not too many have registered video game addicted to the program.

He always creeped me out. There is just something in his eyes and you can see the anger and rage that he tries to hide with his video game addiction. He is severely depressed. I’m not surprised that he has tried to commit suicide since he isolates himself from human interaction.

It seems a lot of people (apparently) on the internet get really defensive about the topic of video games, but it’s clear to anyone who has seen this episode that that guy is totally broken and can’t seem to face his emotional issues. He feels abandoned by his mom, it’s really sad.
And by the way, modern video games are mostly pretty stupid; the horde of petulant and abusive vigilantes needs to get over itself.
If it exists in the environment, it can be used maladaptively.

His mother DID, in essence, abandon him. She didn’t want “any distractions” while attending college? Oh please…Life IS distraction, period. I feel the same way about fathers who don’t want “any distractions” while pursuing their schooling or career. Peter was indeed broken, and his eyes reflected it the most.

He’s the kind of dude that would shoot up schools or movie theaters or malls. He has the crazy eyes. Like Charles Manson. I hope he truly got help and never hurt anyone because he was definitely on the verge of either hurting himself or someone else or both.

He is actually a handsome happy looking guy , a good father and dotes on his wife . I think that episode had its place but the wrong person was in it . Also Rachael manipulated the show and after learning about her stalking and using the show to promote her career I can see why Peter looked so badly . He ended up being the sane one .

The thing that stood out most to me was the way he said “Don’t. Do. That.” To his friend/more than friend Rachel. To me it seemed like he would’ve done something reckless if Rachel left him. And the way he yelled while playing that dance video game.

He is doing well ,looks great and luckily is not with Rachel . Rachel had manipulated the show and has some restraining orders against her for stalking. Peter did have issues but Rachel did too . There were a few things she did on the show that seemed as if it was her acting . There was speculation that she mainly did the show for media exposure to help her modeling career.
There is a blog called I’m Bringing Blogging Back that found Rachel in many copies of the Harriet Cater catalog and called her Model Failure Girl due to the really bad nature of the photos . He documented her career in a funny way and found she also was on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia . He was contacted by people that knew Rachel ( it was a boyfriend ) and they guy and his mom had to get restraining orders to get her to leave them alone . When the entire episode was on YouTube Peter responded and said she had issues too and mentioned her stalking .
He actually looks great and has a good life now .

What if they both conspired together to get on the show? They both are inspiring actors. Seems like what a 21 year old, bored maniac looking mofo would do. I honestly googled him afterward just to make sure he hadn’t murdered any women!

I think this episode was a total flop and that’s why they never did another on video game addiction. I’ve played way more than him in the past, more than 24 straight hours without any breaks and there’s no doubt a lot of people have played even more than me. You can go to twitchtv right now and find hundreds of streamers completing 96 hours marathons. Don’t get me wrong I feel for Peter and everyone involved in the drama but I think there was mental issues way below the surface that weren’t addressed for the sake of keeping the topical addiction relevant, and it didn’t convince the viewers.